JP2002208038A - Device for issuing merchandise exchange ticket - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To issue and operate a merchandise exchange ticket which is easy for the ticket issuer side of a merchandise exchange ticket to manage, and which is impressive to a merchandise exchange ticket presenter side and a merchandise exchange ticket receiver side since the merchandise exchange ticket gives them an impression which is not directly associated with money. SOLUTION: A merchandise exchange ticket issuing device issues a merchandise exchange ticket 1. The merchandise exchange ticket 1 is not printed with any exchangeable merchandise sum, but only exchangeable merchandise names and the other necessary items. The exchangeable merchandise sum of the merchandise exchange ticket 1 is stored as electronic data in a merchandise exchange ticket issuing device at the time of issuing the merchandise exchange ticket 1, and the exchangeable merchandise sum is made referable by a merchandise exchange ticket data referring device with a ticket number printed on the merchandise exchange ticket 1 as a key.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a display of a unique ticket number and a redeemable product name, which can be redeemed for a product corresponding to the amount of money paid in advance, and
The present invention relates to a commodity voucher in which the amount of redeemable goods is not displayed. Further, the present invention provides a commodity voucher issuing device for issuing the commodity voucher, a commodity voucher data reference device for referring to commodity exchange data relating to the issued product voucher, and a product comprising these two. The present invention relates to a voucher ticket reference device, a voucher collection device for collecting the issued voucher, and a voucher collection device for issuing and collecting the voucher. Further, the present invention relates to a method for issuing the commodity voucher, a method for referring to commodity exchange data relating to the commodity voucher, and a method for collecting the commodity voucher.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A so-called gift certificate (hereinafter referred to as a "goods voucher" in a broad sense that encompasses various types of gift certificates) in which a commodity equivalent to the amount of money paid in advance can be exchanged.
Say ) Has been widely used for gifts. The commodity voucher usually indicates the amount of the commodity that can be exchanged (for example, a book voucher, a gift certificate that can be used in a department store, etc.), or the name and quantity of the exchangeable commodity itself are specified in advance. (For example, a beer ticket), and the person who has received the gift certificate from the gift giver the amount of money that the gift certificate corresponds to, based on the product price or the product name and quantity displayed on the gift certificate. You can easily get to know.

[0003]

However, such a conventional product voucher has a disadvantage in that a given person can select his / her favorite product within a certain product category. It was more flexible and convenient than if it was given directly, but on the other hand, the amount of money paid by the giver on the product voucher as a gift was specified directly or indirectly. Worldwide, gifts were sometimes avoided because they gave the impression of "smell" or "direct".

[0004] In addition, since a fixed amount of redeemable goods is displayed in advance on one commodity voucher, for example, when the amount of redeemable goods (gift amount) becomes large, the number of ticket pieces increases accordingly. Required. As a result, the handling becomes inconvenient, especially for the ticket issuer (seller) and the gift giver, and furthermore, the gifted person may have an image without a product similar to the "bunch of bills". There is also. In order to prevent this, prepare and operate product vouchers corresponding to a wide variety of product prices in the same way as money (for example,
If the lower limit is "1 yen ticket" and the upper limit is "10,000 yen ticket" etc., various types of product vouchers are prepared and operated), the issuer (seller) of the product voucher can manage It can be cumbersome and give the gifted person the same direct image as the money itself.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the problem is that the issuer of the commodity voucher is easy to manage, and at the same time, the person who gives the commodity voucher and the person who receives the gift have to pay money. The purpose is to issue and operate a commodity voucher with an added value by giving an impression that is not directly linked.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a commodity voucher issuance device according to claim 1 of the present application, which is capable of redeeming a commodity of an amount corresponding to the amount of money paid in advance. A ticket number and a redeemable product name are displayed, and a redeemable ticket issuance device that issues a redeemable voucher in which the redeemable commodity price is not displayed, wherein the unique ticket number and the redeemable Commodity exchange data input means for inputting a commodity price, and the unique ticket number data and the exchangeable commodity price data inputted by the commodity exchange data input means, and a commodity exchange having a display device. By permitting an access request to these data from the data display means, by entering the unique ticket number in the commodity exchange data display means, That a product exchange data storage means for display on the chromatic of ticket number to the display device of the redeemable item price data corresponding to feasible characterized.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. (1) The amount of redeemable merchandise is not specified, and the person who has received the voucher cannot know the amount of redeemable merchandise from the display of the voucher. (2) A redeemable product name is displayed, and the person who has received the voucher can know the redeemable product from the display of the voucher. (3) The unique ticket number of one commodity exchange ticket and the exchangeable commodity price corresponding to the ticket number can be stored in the commodity exchange data storage means via the commodity exchange data input device. (4) Since access from the commodity exchange data display means is permitted, by using the commodity exchange data display means,
By inputting the unique ticket number of one commodity voucher, it is possible to know the exchangeable commodity price.

Therefore, the following effect can be obtained by the operation (1). In other words, the exchangeable merchandise amount is not specified, and therefore, the exchangeable merchandise amount cannot be inquired from the display of the merchandise voucher. It is possible to give a good-looking gift without giving a positive image. Further, the following effects can be obtained by the operation (2). That is, even if it is not possible to know the amount of the redeemable merchandise due to the effect of the above (1), the name of the redeemable merchandise is displayed, and the person who has been given the merchandise voucher displays the merchandise voucher. , You can clearly tell the gift recipients the will of the giver, in particular, "Which store and what kind of product you want to have fun with." The gifted person can further improve the enjoyment of purchasing (exchanging goods) by knowing the intention of the gifting side.

Further, the following effect can be obtained by the operation (3). That is, the unique ticket number of one commodity exchange ticket and the exchangeable commodity price corresponding to the ticket number can be stored in the commodity exchange data storage means via the commodity exchange data input device. A single commodity voucher can correspond to various commodity exchangeable amounts. The details are as follows. One commodity voucher does not have redeemable commodity amount information before the ticket is issued, so to speak, is a ticket piece having no monetary value. By performing a ticketing act, the commodity exchange data storage means stores the commodity number that can be exchanged with the ticket number unique to the commodity exchange ticket via the commodity exchange data input means. Accordingly, the commodity exchange ticket obtains a monetary value for the first time, and the exchangeable commodity amount data stored in the commodity exchange data storage means becomes the actual exchangeable commodity amount. Thus, it is possible to correspond to any commodity price, and thus it is possible to easily manage the ticket issuing side and the gift receiving side of the commodity voucher.

In addition, the following effect can be obtained by the operation (4). That is, since access from the commodity exchange data display means is permitted, by using the commodity exchange data display means, it is possible to input the unique ticket number of one commodity exchange ticket to know the exchangeable commodity price. The effect of the item (3), that is, the effect of the commodity exchange data storage means for storing the ticket number of the commodity exchange ticket and the exchangeable commodity amount in association with each other, Since reference can be performed easily and instantly, customer service can be improved.

It is needless to say that what can be exchanged is not only a physical article having a form but also a so-called "service" having no form can be exchanged for a commodity voucher. Also, the product name described on the product voucher may be a specific product name,
Although it may be a fixed product category name, it is necessary that the gifted party cannot know the product price.
Furthermore, the amount of money paid in advance by the purchaser (gifter) of the commodity voucher does not necessarily need to match the amount of the commodity that can be exchanged. The relationship between the two may go up and down depending on the arrangement with the ticket seller (ticketing person).

[0012] According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a commodity voucher issuing apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising a recording device for visually recording information on the commodity voucher on the commodity voucher. . According to the invention as set forth in claim 2 of the present application, since the commodity voucher is provided with a recording device that records information on the commodity voucher in a visible manner, various kinds of information (ticket issuing date, ticket issuance) on the commodity voucher are thereby provided. Person,
It is possible to easily issue a commodity voucher by automating the recording of other identification numbers and the like.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a commodity voucher issuing apparatus according to the second aspect, further comprising an encryption unit for encrypting the exchangeable commodity amount, wherein the exchangeable ticket is encrypted by the encryption unit. The recording device records a reasonable commodity price on the commodity voucher. According to the invention described in claim 3 of the present application, the exchangeable amount of the commodity is recorded and displayed on the commodity exchange ticket in an encrypted state by the encryption means, whereby the user of the commodity exchange ticket (the commodity exchange The person who received the voucher) has the value of the redeemable product hidden down, and the collector of the product voucher can be made to recognize the redeemable value of the product from the code, so that the redemption can be made more quickly. In addition to being able to recognize the possible commodity price, even if the commodity exchange data storage unit or the commodity exchange data display unit stops functioning, the recoverer can know at a glance the surely exchangeable commodity price. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the commodity exchange ticket issuing device according to the second or third aspect, wherein the unique exchange number is input from the commodity exchange data input means separately from the unique ticket number displayed before the ticket is issued. A ticket number is recorded on the commodity voucher by the recording device. According to the invention as set forth in claim 4 of the present application, it is possible to easily detect a data input error of a ticket number to be inputted by the commodity exchange data input means, and to thereby store accurate ticket number data in the commodity exchange data storage means. Can be stored. That is, since the unique ticket number of the commodity exchange ticket and the exchangeable commodity price are stored in the commodity exchange data storage unit in association with each other, if there is an input error in the unique ticket number of the commodity exchange ticket, for example, However, a product voucher that should actually be present becomes a product voucher that does not exist effectively on the product voucher data storage means, which not only gives an unpleasant impression to customers who have exchanged products, Various confusions are expected in data management. However, according to the invention described in claim 4 of the present application, since the ticket number input by the commodity exchange data input means is recorded and displayed on the commodity exchange ticket, it is displayed on the commodity exchange ticket before the ticket is issued. The entered ticket number and the entered and recorded ticket number can be compared and confirmed, whereby an input error of the ticket number data can be easily detected.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the merchandise exchange ticket issuing apparatus according to any one of the second to fourth aspects, the ticket number and the exchangeable commodity amount input from the commodity exchange data input means are converted into the commodity It is characterized by being recorded on a recording medium different from the voucher and outputted. According to the invention described in claim 5 of the present application, the ticket number and the exchangeable commodity price input from the commodity exchange data input means are recorded and output on a recording medium different from the commodity exchange ticket. It is possible to more reliably check visually whether there is any input error in the input ticket number and the exchangeable commodity price.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the commodity exchange ticket issuing apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the commodity exchange ticket issuing apparatus is connected to a local area network. The commodity exchange data storage means can be accessed from another computer terminal connected to the computer. According to the invention as set forth in claim 6 of the present application, the commodity exchange ticket issuing device is connected to the local area network, and can access the commodity exchange data storage means from another computer terminal connected to the local area network. Therefore, for example, even if the place where the commodity voucher is issued (the place where the commodity voucher is installed) is separated from the place where the commodity voucher is collected, it is installed at the place where the commodity voucher is collected. It is possible to refer to the easily exchangeable merchandise amount based on the ticket number using the computer terminal thus set.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided the commodity voucher issuing apparatus according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the commodity voucher is connected to the Internet and another computer terminal connected to the Internet. The commodity exchange data storage means can be accessed. According to the invention as set forth in claim 7 of the present application, the commodity voucher issuing apparatus is connected to the Internet and can access the commodity exchange data storage means from another computer terminal connected to the Internet. The same effect as that of the invention described in Item 6 can be obtained, and furthermore, if necessary, the owner of the commodity voucher himself accesses the commodity exchange data storage means from his / her own computer terminal. It is also possible for the ticket issuer to provide the owner of the product voucher with more detailed information on the redeemable product than the information displayed on the product voucher. In this case, it is also possible to notify the owner of the commodity voucher of the commodity price itself that can be exchanged if necessary.

[0018] The commodity voucher data reference device according to claim 8 of the present application displays a unique voucher number and the name of a voucher that can be redeemed for a commodity corresponding to the amount of money paid in advance. A commodity voucher data reference device for referring to commodity exchange data of a commodity voucher in which the exchangeable commodity amount is not displayed, wherein the unique ticket number and the exchangeable commodity amount are stored. The commodity exchange data storage means is configured to be accessible, and by inputting the unique ticket number, the exchangeable commodity price data corresponding to the inputted unique ticket number is read out from the commodity exchange data storage means. The present invention is characterized in that it is provided with a commodity exchange data visualization means for making it visible.
According to the invention described in claim 8 of the present application, by inputting a unique ticket number to the commodity voucher, the redeemable commodity price of the commodity voucher can be referred to, so that the reference of the redeemable commodity price can be performed. Can be performed easily and instantaneously, thereby improving customer service.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a commodity exchange ticket issuing device according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, and a commodity exchange ticket data referring device according to the eighth aspect. It is characterized by having. According to the invention described in claim 9 of the present application, since both the commodity voucher issuing device and the commodity voucher data reference device are provided, the issuance of the commodity voucher and the data reference of the commodity voucher are the same. Can be efficiently performed by the above-described apparatus.

[0020] The commodity voucher collection device described in claim 10 of the present application displays a unique voucher number and the name of a redeemable commodity that can be exchanged for an amount equivalent to the amount of money paid in advance. And a commodity voucher collection device for collecting a commodity voucher in which a redeemable commodity price is not displayed,
The unique ticket number and the redeemable commodity price are configured to be accessible to a commodity exchange data storage unit. By inputting the unique ticket number, a redemption corresponding to the entered unique ticket number is performed. Merchandise exchange data display means for reading possible merchandise amount data from the merchandise exchange data storage means storing the unique ticket number data and exchangeable merchandise amount data, and displaying the same on a display device; And a commodity exchange data updating unit that overwrites or additionally writes in the exchange data storage unit an update amount of the exchangeable commodity amount data as an update data of the exchangeable commodity amount data. .

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the exchangeable merchandise amount data stored in the merchandise exchange data storage means can be updated, so that the following effects can be obtained. First, by storing information relating to the price of a product already exchanged, in other words, “use history of a product exchange ticket” in a product exchange data storage unit, fraudulent use of the product exchange ticket by counterfeiting is minimized. be able to. In other words, in the case of a conventional product voucher, it is determined whether or not the used product voucher is a forged one by checking whether or not a collected product voucher has a duplicated ticket number. According to the present invention, the collector of the commodity voucher always refers to the amount of the commodity that can be exchanged at that time when collecting the commodity voucher. Therefore, if the amount of merchandise that can be exchanged at that time is small or zero, the merchandise cannot be exchanged. Therefore, the updated amount of the merchandise exchange will be illegal during the normal merchandise exchange ticket collection procedure. Use can be detected,
As a result, unauthorized use can be minimized.

Also, even if a "remaining surplus" is generated by exchanging a small amount of goods with respect to the original exchangeable commodity amount, a new commodity exchange ticket can be issued by updating the exchangeable commodity amount. The subsequent operation can be performed without issuing a ticket.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a merchandise voucher issuing and collecting apparatus according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, and a merchandise voucher issuing and collecting apparatus according to the tenth aspect. It is characterized by having. According to the invention described in claim 11 of the present application, the commodity exchange ticket issuing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 and the commodity exchange ticket collection device according to claim 10 are provided. The operation and effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 7 of the present application and the operation and effect equivalent to the operation and effect of the invention according to claim 10 of the present application can be obtained.

The commodity voucher according to the twelfth aspect of the present invention displays a unique voucher number and a redeemable commodity name for redeeming a commodity corresponding to the amount of money paid in advance, and A redeemable commodity voucher in which the redeemable commodity price is not displayed, wherein the redeemable commodity price is input by inputting the unique voucher number, whereby the unique voucher number data and the redeemable voucher price data are input. Are read out from the commodity exchange data storage means in which is stored, and can be visually recognized by the commodity exchange data display means which can be displayed on the display device. According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, the exchangeable commodity amount is not displayed, and the exchangeable commodity amount is referred to from the commodity exchange data display means by inputting the ticket number. Therefore, the same function and effect as those of the first aspect of the present invention can be obtained.

A commodity voucher according to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the twelfth aspect, the exchangeable commodity amount is displayed in an encrypted form. Claim 1 of the present application
According to the third aspect of the present invention, the exchangeable commodity price is displayed in an encrypted form, so that the same operation and effect as the above-described third aspect of the present invention can be obtained.

In the method for issuing a commodity voucher according to claim 14 of the present application, a unique ticket number and a name of a redeemable commodity that can be exchanged for a commodity corresponding to the amount of money paid in advance are displayed. A commodity voucher issuing method for issuing a commodity voucher in which a redeemable commodity amount is not displayed,
8. The unique ticket number and the exchangeable commodity price are input by the commodity exchange data input means using the commodity exchange ticket issuing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, and the unique ticket is used. The unique ticket number data and the exchangeable commodity price data are converted into the commodity exchange data so that the exchangeable commodity price data corresponding to the number can be displayed on a display device. It is characterized in that it is stored in storage means. According to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to obtain the same functions and effects as those of the first aspect of the present invention.

According to the commodity exchange data reference method described in claim 15 of the present application, a unique ticket number and a commodity name that can be exchanged, in which an exchange of the commodity corresponding to the amount of money paid in advance is displayed. A commodity voucher data reference method for referring to the redeemable commodity price data of a commodity voucher in which a redeemable commodity price is not displayed, wherein the commodity voucher data reference device according to claim 8 is used. By inputting the unique ticket number, the exchangeable commodity price data corresponding to the entered unique ticket number is read out from the commodity exchange data storage means and displayed on a display device. It is characterized by referring to the item price. According to the fifteenth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to obtain the same functions and effects as the above-described eighth aspect of the present invention.

In the method for collecting commodity vouchers according to claim 16 of the present application, a unique voucher number and the name of a redeemable commodity that can be exchanged for an amount equivalent to the amount of money paid in advance are displayed. And a method for collecting a voucher in which a redeemable commodity price is not displayed, comprising:
The unique ticket number and the exchangeable commodity amount are stored by using a commodity exchange ticket collection device configured to be accessible to a commodity exchange data storage unit, and the unique ticket number is input by inputting the unique ticket number. The exchangeable merchandise amount data corresponding to the unique ticket number is read from the merchandise exchange data storage means and displayed on a display device, and the amount obtained by subtracting the exchanged merchandise amount from the exchangeable merchandise amount is calculated as The exchange data is overwritten or additionally written in the exchange data storage unit as update data of exchangeable commodity price data. According to the invention of claim 16 of the present application, the same function and effect as the above-described invention of claim 10 of the present application can be obtained.

[0029]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. [Display Content of Commodity Voucher] First, referring to FIG. 1, a product voucher according to the present invention (hereinafter, simply referred to as a "voucher").
1 will be described. FIG. 1 shows an example of display contents of a commodity voucher according to the present invention, in which (A) shows a state before a ticket is issued, and (B) shows a display state after a ticket is issued.

The voucher 1 has the same size as a conventional gift certificate that is usually used, and in the present embodiment, a paper medium is used and can be recorded (printed) by a printer or the like as a “recording device”. It has become. Before the issuance of the voucher ticket 1, a unique ticket number is printed in the upper left corner of the ticket piece as shown in FIG. The unique ticket number (hereinafter simply referred to as “ticket number”) is a serial number, and is managed and printed in advance so that there is no duplicate number.
In the lower right corner of the ticket, the representative name of the ticket issuer (for example,
Ltd.) is printed.

The voucher 1 is printed by a commodity voucher issuing device (to be simply referred to as a "ticket issuing device" hereinafter) 100, which will be described in detail later, as shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, information relating to a ticket to be printed on the voucher 1 (hereinafter referred to as “commodity exchange data”) is a ticket number (lower left of a ticket piece) input to the ticket issuing device 100 by an operator (ticket issuing person). ), The date of issue (the top right of the ticket),
A code that encrypts the value of a redeemable item (lower right of ticket)
And the redeemable product name (the center of the ticket), the redeemable product price itself is not printed on the voucher 1,
The exchangeable commodity price can be referred to by “commodity exchange data display means” or “commodity exchange data visualization enabling means” described in detail later.
Accordingly, the person who has received the voucher 1 cannot know the amount of the redeemable commodity from the display of the voucher 1, so that the person giving the voucher 1 (the gifter) can pay the monetary value to the recipient. It is possible to give a favorable voucher for goods without giving a direct image of the product.

It should be noted that the encrypted merchandise price printed on the lower right of the ticket piece is encoded by an encryption means (for example, software means provided in the ticket issuing apparatus 100: book) in accordance with a certain rule decided by the issuer of the voucher 1. In the embodiment, the database software (to be described later) performs encryption, and the ticket issuer (or the collector of the voucher 1) determines, from the encryption displayed on the voucher 1, the amount of the exchangeable merchandise. It can be understood visually.

[Hardware and Software Configuration] Next, a hardware configuration and a software configuration of the ticket issuing apparatus 100 and the like according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. FIG. 2 shows a ticket issuing apparatus 100 according to the present invention.
3 is a connection configuration diagram of a local area network to which the product exchange is connected, and FIG. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 2 indicates a business office (store) of the ticket issuer of the voucher 1, and the business office 2 has each of the first to third floors (floor A to floor C) as an example. It is assumed that In the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the issuer of the voucher 1 is referred to as “clothes tailoring dealer”, and the voucher 1 to be issued can be exchanged mainly for clothes or the like. The floors A, B, and C are each a clothes counter on which clothes or similar products are displayed.

The issuance of the voucher 1 is performed by the issuance apparatus 100 provided on the floor A. The ticket issuing apparatus 100 includes a server computer 101 and a printer 102, and the server computer 101 includes a hub 900.
And a LAN cable 901. On floor B, a commodity voucher data reference device (hereinafter, referred to as a commodity voucher)
A data exchange device (hereinafter simply referred to as “collection device”) 300 is installed on the floor C, and these data reference devices 200 and The collection device 300 includes a server
It is configured by a client computer that is connected to the computer 101 via a LAN cable 902, 903 and a hub 900.

The server computer 101, the data reference device (client computer) 200, and the collection device (client computer) 300 in the present embodiment store a keyboard as an input interface, a display device as a display means, and data. A computer device having a general configuration including a storage device, a CPU, a RAM, an etc.
A keyboard (not shown) as an input interface of the server computer 101 constitutes "commodity exchange data input means" of the ticket issuing device 100, and a storage device (not shown: for example, a hard disk device) issues a ticket. It constitutes “commodity exchange data storage means” of the device 100.

Next, the concept of input / output of merchandise exchange data will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the commodity exchange data here is associated with a specific ticket number including data to be printed on the above-described voucher 1 (ticket number, exchangable commodity price, issue date, etc.). All data related to the exchange of goods. First, voucher 1
Purchaser (mainly the gift giver of voucher 1) informs the ticket issuer (seller) of the name of the product that can be redeemed by voucher 1 and the price of the product that should be redeemable. Using the computer 101, the commodity exchange data is input by the commodity exchange data input means 104 in accordance with the contents of the order.

A commodity exchange data file 106 for registering commodity exchange data is stored in the commodity exchange data storage means 103 in advance. Commodity exchange data file 106
In this embodiment, reading and writing are performed by general database software. The database software stores the ticket number of the voucher 1 and the commodity exchange data for the ticket number in the commodity exchange data storage unit 103 in one-to-one correspondence. Here, the commodity exchange data storage unit 103 is set so as to permit data access from a commodity exchange data display unit and a commodity exchange data update unit described later.

The details of the method for inputting the commodity exchange data and the other data update processing method using the database software will be described later with reference to specific screen images. The commodity exchange data input by the commodity exchange data input unit 104 is stored in the commodity exchange data storage unit 103 by updating the commodity exchange data file 106 by the database software.

Next, when a person (customer) who has received the voucher 1 visits the store and requests a product exchange, reference is made to the product exchange data corresponding to the unique ticket number displayed on the presented voucher 1. At this time, the commodity exchange data file 106 is read from the commodity exchange data storage means 103 by the database software and displayed on a display device (general display device: not shown). Therefore, the "commodity exchange data display means" is mainly constituted by the database software and the display device. However, referring to the commodity exchange data for the ticket number displayed on the presented exchange ticket 1 is performed as shown in FIG. Is desirably executable on all the floors (floors A, B, and C) shown in (1), the ticketing device 100 (server computer 101), the data reference device 200, and the collection device 3
00 is the commodity exchange data display means 105, 20 respectively.
1, 301, so that the merchandise exchange data file 106 can be read from all the computer terminals constituting the local area network shown in FIG. In addition, "commodity exchange data display means"
It is also possible to replace it with "commodity exchange data visualization enabling means" that makes the exchangeable commodity price visible.
Here, "commodity exchange data visualization enabling means" refers to all means for making the product exchange data visible, for example, means for printing out the product exchange data by a recording device such as a printer, In a broad sense, it includes "commodity exchange data display means".

On the other hand, when the voucher 1 is collected, it is necessary to update the commodity exchange data. Since such a process of updating the product exchange data is closely related to the accounting process,
In the present embodiment, only the collection device 300 installed on the floor C where the accounting department is located is provided with the commodity exchange data updating means 302, so that only the accounting department is registered in the commodity exchange data file 106. The exchange data can be updated. The product exchange data updating means 302 is also constituted by the database software as in the case of the product exchange data display means.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the exchange of the voucher 1 on the floor A, the collection of the voucher 1 on the floor C, and the commodity exchange data (especially exchangeable It is configured to be able to execute the reference of the item price (see FIG. 2). still,
As described above, in the present embodiment, the commodity exchange data inputting / updating means is distributed to each of the computer terminals on the floors A and C shown in FIG. 2, but all the computer terminals shown in FIG. Means may be provided so that, when inputting / updating product exchange data, the operator of each computer terminal inputs a use ID and a password to limit the executable job contents.

[Product Exchange Ticket Issuance / Data Reference / Recovery Procedure] Next, the procedure of issuing / data reference / recovery of the exchange ticket 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. First, a procedure for issuing the voucher 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a voucher issuing procedure for the voucher 1. FIGS. 5 to 7 show an example of a screen display when issuing the database software, and FIG. 8 shows a printing example of a voucher voucher. It is shown. In the following, the database software and the hardware environment for executing the database software will be abbreviated as “system”.

In FIG. 4, when a ticket issuer receives an order for a voucher 1 (step 401), the ticket issuer starts up the system and inputs commodity exchange data to the ticket issuing apparatus 100 in accordance with the contents of the order (step 402). FIG. 5 shows a ticket issuing device 1.
This is the initial screen of the system at 00, where "issuing a voucher" is selected when issuing a ticket. When "Voucher issuance" is selected, a screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. The ticket issuer inputs necessary items according to the screen of FIG. FIG. 6 shows a screen in which three vouchers 1 of “custom-made shirt” and one voucher of “custom-made suit” are issued in total, for a total of four vouchers.

In FIG. 6, the "ticket number" is a number that includes a plurality of vouchers 1 issued at the same time, and is assigned for convenience of ticketing management. The numbering is automatically performed by the system. It is supposed to do it. Also, "Voucher number"
, The ticket number printed on the upper left corner of the voucher 1 in the white voucher state shown in FIG. In addition, in the “PIN” field, the encrypted data of the redeemable amount that can be understood only by the ticket issuer described above, the ticket issuer inputs the “voucher number”, “department”, and “person in charge”. `` Print ticket voucher ''
Automatically entered by the system by clicking the button. At this time, data is also automatically input by the system into the fields such as "ticket issuing date", "expiration date", "number of issued tickets", and "total amount".

After inputting necessary items, "print ticket issuing slip"
Click the button to print ticket voucher 3 (step 4
03). The ticket voucher 3 is a paper medium which is printed by the printer 102 (see FIG. 2) separately from the voucher 1 as shown in FIG. Is a paper medium for confirming whether the information has been correctly input in accordance with the contents of the order received from the customer. That is, voucher 1
In order to prevent erroneous printing on the voucher, the voucher ticket 3 is printed before printing on the voucher 1, and the vending person himself confirms a data entry error or a difference from the order received (step 404).

If the display of the ticket voucher 3 is not different from the contents of the order received from the customer, the affirmative branch of step 405 causes the voucher 1 (white ticket: shown in FIG. 1A) to be printed before printing. Printing is performed (step 406). If the display of the ticket voucher 3 differs from the contents of the order, or if there is a data input error, the commodity exchange data is corrected according to the negative branch of step 405 (step 501). FIG. 7 shows a correction screen of the commodity exchange data. The system automatically displays the commodity exchange data currently registered by inputting the ticket issuing number (upper left of the screen) and shifting the focus. FIG. 7 shows, as an example, the contents of correction when the redeemable product of the ticket number “AA-314” is “custom-made shirt” instead of “custom-made suit” shown in FIG. After the correction, the ticket issuance slip 3 is printed again and its contents are confirmed (steps 403 and 40).
4).

Next, whether or not the commodity exchange data has been correctly printed on the exchange ticket 1 is checked by the ticket issuer by comparing the exchange ticket 1 with the ticket 3 (step 4).
07). At the same time, the ticket issuer inputs the ticket number originally printed (upper left of the ticket: see FIG. 1A) and the ticket number printed at the time of issuing the ticket (lower left of the ticket: FIG. B)
See). Thereby, when the input ticket number is different from the original ticket number due to the input error, the input error can be easily found, and accurate registration of the commodity exchange data can be performed.

If there is no difference between the contents of the voucher 3 and the display contents of the voucher 1, and if the voucher number of the voucher 1 has been correctly entered, the payment is received from the customer according to the positive branch of step 408. (Step 409). If there is a difference between the contents of the ticket voucher 3 and the display contents of the voucher 1, or if there is a change in the contents of the order after printing on the voucher 1, The corresponding voucher 1 is subjected to a subscribed ticket (discarded) process (step 502), and the subscribed ticket of the corresponding voucher 1 is registered on the system (step 503). Thereafter, if necessary, new commodity exchange data is input (step 504), and the ticket voucher 3 is printed again, the commodity exchange data is printed on the voucher 1, and further, the voucher 3 and the voucher 1 are exchanged. Collation is performed (step 505, step 406, step 407).

Next, the ticket issuer passes the ticket ticket 3, voucher 1, and voucher 1 received from the customer to the cashier (step 410). The cashier who received these checks the ticket voucher 3 and the voucher 1 (step 411), and if there is no difference between the displayed contents, the affirmative branch of step 412 issues an issuance stamp on the back of the voucher 1. Is stamped (step 413). As a result, the voucher 1 is officially issued, and the merchandise can be exchanged. That is,
Items that are not stamped on the back of the ticket by the cashier are not treated as valid even if redeemable products are printed on them. , Voucher 1 without receiving payment
), And a double check of the data can surely prevent the input error of the commodity exchange data. More than,
This is a voucher issuing procedure.

Next, when the customer brings the issued voucher 1 and comes to the store, it is necessary to refer to the exchangeable commodity amount of the voucher 1. The merchandise exchange data display means for realizing the function is provided in all the computer terminals (ticket issuing device 100, data reference device 200, and collection device 300) provided on floors A to C as described above. FIG. 9 is a voucher search screen that can be displayed on all the computer terminals, and can be displayed by starting up the system of each computer terminal and inputting the ticket number.

Further, when the commodity is actually exchanged by the exchange ticket 1, it is necessary to update the commodity exchange data. The commodity exchange data updating means for realizing this function is provided only in the collection device 300 provided on the floor C. FIG. 10 shows a system start-up screen of the collection device 300. When performing a collection process (data update process), the user clicks a “voucher ticket collection” button. Then, a voucher collection confirmation screen shown in FIG. 11 is displayed. In FIG. 11, a ticket number is entered in the “voucher ticket number” field, and the focus is shifted, so that the currently registered commodity exchange data is read from the commodity exchange data storage unit 103 (the commodity exchange data file 106). Is displayed. Enter the necessary information such as the name of the exchanged product that was actually exchanged,
By clicking the "exchange ticket collection daily report output" button, the commodity exchange data file 106 is updated. The above is a series of specific operations of the voucher 1 for issuing, referring to, and collecting data.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, an operation example in the local area network constructed inside the store 2 is shown, but the server computer 101 is connected to the Internet. By doing so, access to the commodity exchange data storage means 103
It is also possible from a computer terminal installed in a remote place, for example, it is possible to refer to commodity exchange data even in a store located in a remote place, and it is possible to expand the versatility of the exchange ticket 1 or, if necessary, Is the customer himself
It is also possible to refer to the product exchange data.

In the present invention, the voucher number is displayed on the voucher 1 so as to be visible, and the voucher number is displayed on the data reference device 2.
Although the reference is made to the exchangeable commodity amount by key input at 00 or the like, the exchange ticket 1 is constituted by a magnetic card or a recording medium equivalent thereto, and the exchangeable commodity amount is displayed on the exchange ticket 1. Needless to say, means for magnetically storing various information to be held by the voucher 1 such as a ticket number or a redeemable commodity price itself can be adopted while hiding the display.

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According to the present invention as described above, the following effects can be obtained. (1) The amount of redeemable merchandise is not specified, and the person who has received the voucher cannot know the amount of redeemable merchandise from the display of the voucher. (2) A redeemable product name is displayed, and the person who has received the voucher can know the redeemable product from the display of the voucher. (3) The unique ticket number of one commodity exchange ticket and the exchangeable commodity price corresponding to the ticket number can be stored in the commodity exchange data storage means via the commodity exchange data input device. (4) Since access from the commodity exchange data display means is permitted, by using the commodity exchange data display means,
By inputting the unique ticket number of one commodity voucher, it is possible to know the exchangeable commodity price. Therefore, the following effects can be obtained by the operation (1). In other words, the exchangeable merchandise amount is not specified, and therefore, the exchangeable merchandise amount cannot be inquired from the display of the merchandise voucher. It is possible to give a good-looking gift without giving a positive image.
Further, the following effects can be obtained by the operation (2). That is, even if it is not possible to know the amount of the redeemable merchandise due to the effect of the above (1), the name of the redeemable merchandise is displayed, and the person who has been given the merchandise voucher displays the merchandise voucher. Will be able to know the products that can be redeemed from, so the willing side of the giver, especially, "What kind of store and what kind of product do you want to have fun with?"
Can be clearly conveyed to the recipient, and the person receiving the gift can further improve the enjoyment of purchasing (exchanging the product) by knowing the will of the person giving the gift.

Further, the following effect can be obtained by the operation (3). That is, the unique ticket number of one commodity exchange ticket and the exchangeable commodity price corresponding to the ticket number can be stored in the commodity exchange data storage means via the commodity exchange data input device. One commodity voucher can cope with various commodity exchangeable amounts. In addition, the following effect can be obtained by the operation (4). That is, since access from the commodity exchange data display means is permitted, by using the commodity exchange data display means,
By inputting the unique ticket number of each product voucher, it is possible to know the amount of the redeemable product, and the effect of the above (3), that is, the ticket number of the product voucher and the corresponding product price Combined with the operation and effect of the commodity exchange data storage means that is stored in association with it, the exchangeable amount information of the commodity exchange ticket can be easily referred to, and the exchangeable amount information of the commodity exchange ticket can be instantaneously referenced. In addition, the service can be improved without waiting for customers who have exchanged products.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a commodity voucher according to the present invention, wherein (A) shows a state before issuance and (B) shows a state after issuance.

FIG. 2 is a connection configuration diagram of a local area network to which a commodity exchange ticket issuing device and the like according to the present invention are connected.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of input / output of merchandise exchange data according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for issuing a commodity voucher according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a screen display (job selection screen) at the time of ticket issuance of the commodity voucher issuing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a screen display (data input screen) at the time of issuance of the commodity voucher issuing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a screen display (data correction screen) at the time of ticket issuance of the commodity voucher issuing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a ticket voucher printed by the commodity voucher issuing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a screen display at the time of data reference of the commodity voucher data reference device according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a screen display (job selection screen) at the time of collection of the commodity voucher collection device according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a screen display (collection data input screen) at the time of collection of the commodity voucher collection device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Commodity voucher 100 Commodity voucher issuing device 101 Server computer 102 Printer 200 Commodity voucher data reference device (client computer) 300 Product voucher collection device (client computer)

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A unique ticket number and a redeemable product name that can be redeemed for an amount of money corresponding to the amount of money paid in advance are displayed, and the redeemable product amount is not displayed. A commodity voucher issuing device for issuing a commodity voucher, wherein said unique voucher number and said exchangeable commodity amount are input as data; and By storing unique ticket number data and the exchangeable commodity price data, and permitting an access request to these data from a commodity exchange data display unit having a display device, the commodity exchange data display unit By inputting the unique ticket number, the display of the redeemable commodity price data corresponding to the unique ticket number on the display device is performed. And product delivery data storing means for enabling, vouchers issuing apparatus characterized by comprising a. 2. The product voucher according to claim 1,
A commodity voucher issuing device, comprising: a recording device that records information on the commodity voucher so that the information can be visually recognized. 3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising an encrypting unit for encrypting the exchangeable commodity amount, wherein the exchangeable commodity amount encrypted by the encryption unit is transmitted to the commodity by the recording device. A commodity voucher issuance device for recording on a voucher. 4. The commodity exchange method according to claim 2, wherein the commodity number exchanged by the commodity exchange data input means is used by the recording device separately from the unique ticket number displayed before the ticket is issued. A commodity voucher issuing apparatus for recording on a ticket. 5. The commodity exchange ticket according to claim 2, wherein the commodity number and the exchangeable commodity price input from the commodity exchange data input means are recorded on a recording medium different from the commodity exchange ticket. A ticket voucher issuing device. 6. The merchandise voucher issuing device according to claim 1, wherein the merchandise voucher is connected to a local area network, and the merchandise is issued from another computer terminal connected to the local area network. A commodity voucher issuance device, wherein the voucher data is accessible. 7. The commodity exchange data storage unit according to claim 1, wherein the commodity exchange ticket issuing apparatus is connected to the Internet, and another computer terminal connected to the Internet can access the commodity exchange data storage means. A commodity voucher issuance device. 8. A unique ticket number and a redeemable product name that can be redeemed for a product corresponding to the amount of money paid in advance are displayed, and the redeemable product price is not displayed. A product voucher data reference device for referring to product voucher data of the product voucher, wherein the unique voucher number and the redeemable product price are stored in an accessible manner. By inputting the unique ticket number, a commodity exchange data visualization enabling means for reading out the exchangeable commodity amount data corresponding to the inputted unique ticket number from the commodity exchange data storage means and making it visible. Have,
A commodity voucher data reference device, characterized in that: 9. A commodity voucher issuance device comprising: the commodity voucher issuing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7; and the commodity voucher data reference device according to claim 8. Reference device. 10. A unique ticket number and a redeemable product name that can be redeemed for a product corresponding to the amount of money paid in advance are displayed, and the redeemable product amount is not displayed. A commodity voucher collection device for collecting the commodity voucher, wherein the unique voucher number and the exchangeable commodity amount are stored in a commodity voucher data storage unit. The display device reads out the exchangeable commodity amount data corresponding to the inputted unique ticket number from the commodity exchange data storage means in which the unique ticket number data and the exchangeable commodity amount data are stored. A commodity exchange data display means for displaying the exchangeable commodity price from the exchangeable commodity price, A commodity voucher collection device, comprising: commodity exchange data updating means for overwriting or additionally writing in the exchange data storage means as data update data. 11. A commodity voucher ticket collection device comprising: the commodity voucher ticket issuing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7; and the product voucher collection device according to claim 10. apparatus. 12. A unique ticket number and a redeemable merchandise name that can be redeemed for an amount corresponding to the amount of money paid in advance are displayed, and the redeemable merchandise amount is not displayed. A commodity exchange ticket, wherein the exchangeable commodity amount is entered by inputting the unique ticket number, whereby the unique ticket number data and the exchangeable commodity amount data are stored. A commodity exchange ticket which is visually recognizable by commodity exchange data display means for reading these data from the display device and displaying the data on a display device. 13. The commodity voucher according to claim 12, wherein the exchangeable commodity price is displayed in an encrypted form. 14. A unique voucher number and a redeemable commodity name, which can be redeemed for a commodity of an amount equivalent to the amount of money paid in advance, are displayed, and the redeemable commodity price is not displayed. A commodity voucher issuing method for issuing a commodity voucher according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the unique voucher is issued by the commodity voucher data input means. And the data of the exchangeable commodity price are input, and the unique exchangeable commodity price data corresponding to the unique ticket number can be displayed on a display device. A method for issuing a commodity voucher, wherein the ticket number data and the exchangeable commodity price data are stored in the commodity exchange data storage means. 15. A unique ticket number and a redeemable merchandise name that can be redeemed for an amount corresponding to the amount of money paid in advance are displayed, and the redeemable merchandise amount is not displayed. A commodity voucher data reference method for referring to the redeemable commodity price data of the commodity voucher of claim 5, wherein the unique voucher number is input by using the commodity voucher data reference device according to claim 8. The exchangeable commodity price data corresponding to the input unique ticket number is read out from the commodity exchange data storage means and displayed on a display device, thereby referring to the exchangeable commodity price. Product voucher data reference method. 16. A unique ticket number and a redeemable product name that can be redeemed for an amount of money corresponding to the amount of money paid in advance are displayed, and the redeemable product amount is not displayed. A commodity voucher collection method for collecting the commodity voucher according to claim 10, wherein the unique voucher number is input using the commodity voucher collection device according to claim 10, wherein the unique voucher number corresponds to the input unique voucher number. The exchangeable merchandise amount data is read from the merchandise exchange data storage means and displayed on a display device, and the amount obtained by subtracting the exchanged merchandise amount from the exchangeable merchandise amount is calculated based on the exchangeable merchandise amount data. A method for collecting voucher for merchandise exchange, wherein the update data is overwritten or added to the exchange data storage means.